The Pit of Nefius

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BASIC INFO

·One square is 5'x5'

·Sq Size 5'

·Ceilings 10'

·Entrance hall is 6' ceiling, sloping downward its
entire length

·All doors 6' x 4' unless otherwise noted

The
place now known as "The Pit of Nefius" was once a beautiful dwarven
country home hidden in a mountainside. It is now a place of black magic where
Nefius Solinkas trains aspiring necromancers in the dark arts.

Once
an acolyte is accepted into the fold, it is unlikely that they will ever see
the light of day again. While Nefius appears to tutor his apprentices in
necromancy, the spells and incantations they practice are actually preparing
them for sacrifice to dark and unknown gods. After completing their training,
the acolytes tell their peers they are leaving The Pit to spread their magic,
but in actuality, Nefius spreads their blood upon an altar in secret.

An
apprentice named Nidia Via has recently begun to suspect something is not
right. She is well liked by her peers and as she nears the completion of her
training, instead of saying telling them she will be leaving, she has publicly
told them all that she will stay to help tutor them all. Nefius, worried his
secret may be revealed, is frantically seeking a solution to his problem. His
arrogance with his acolytes, compared to Nidia's charm has not left him in a
good position....

1
- THE ONLY ENTRANCE

A
partially collapsed hole in the cliff side, often capped by a large,
conspicuous rock, leads to a five foot wide stair descending 10 feet into the
mountain. The stair leads to an unlit hallway that reeks of stale air and
fresh death. The walls are coated in a thick layer of dust and blood, and
appear filthy and uneven. Upon closer inspection the unevenness of the walls
is the result of them being covered in elaborate engravings. Their
craftsdwarfship is of the highest quality.

2 - A SECRET
DOOR

Five feet after the hallway turns
west, part of the wall appears partially clean. Fine detail is buried under
grime, but the shape of a dwarf with his hand outstretched is quite noticeable.
Applying pressure on the dwarf's hand will cause a section of the opposite
wall to pivot outward.

On close inspection a quarter circle
scuff mark can be seen worn into the floor where the door opens.

3 - THE FIRE
TRAP

For 15
feet, masterful stone work gives way to uneven slabs of stone where the wall
meets the ceiling, and the smooth stone floor changes to what appears to be
pebbles stuck in concrete. The hallway smells faintly of oil, the floor is
covered in stone chips and ash, and deep scratches mar the tops of the wall.

Should
any weight over 100 lbs touch the pebbles, the will depress into the floor,
and the ceiling will open dropping flaming rocks and refuse. A loud
scratching will be heard as flints positioned every few inches drag against
each other causing showers of sparks that ignite the oil soaked refuse.

4 - THE
GREAT HALL

Ceilings
in this room are 15 feet high, and masterful engravings can be seen through
the grime that coats the walls. A close inspection will reveal a mixture of
dwarves celebrating and heated battles.

A
sleeping five headed hydra lies in the center of the room. It is always
asleep unless woken by a loud noise.

Corpses
still clutching weapons and wearing armor lie among the ruins of what appears
to have once been fantastic furniture.

5 - RITUAL
ROOM

A large
amount of what appears to be fresh blood coats the walls of this room. A slab
of cloudy glass (10'x3x'3') resembling a coffin sits in the center of the
room. Numerous pairs of shackles are bolted to the floor, walls, and ceilings
throughout this room.

6 - TROPHY
ROOM

This
room is pristine and lit with magical candelabras. A trio of direwolf heads
hang on the southern wall and a large spear hangs beneath them. A stuffed owlbear
stands on the northern wall, glaring upon those entering the room. A number
of chairs, a desk and a chest of drawers line other walls, and exquisite
dwarven murals cover every visible stone surface. The door to the north is
barred from the other side.

Any
trophies that are touched will come to life, fully restored, and attack
anything in the room. If the spear is touched a devilishly fast orc will appear
and offer a small grin before attempting to slay everything in the room.

7 - BARRACKS

Wooden
torches lit with magical flame line the walls every few feet. Two rows of
four bunk beds, each with two chests for personal effects, take up much of
the room. The western and northern most walls are kept clean and used as a
path around the bunks. A steel capped torch in the middle of the western wall
stands out from the rest and opens a secret door if pulled.

The door
is in the north western corner of the room is closed, and the doorknob is
covered in dust. If opened a delayed blast fireball explodes, hitting anyone
near the door on either side.

8 - NEFIUS'
ROOM

The
master's room is filled with filth and clutter. Bookshelves, crates, chests
and small tables litter the room. A dirty hammock hangs in the north eastern
corner, and the stone floors are slick with grime and muck. An eerie yellow
fire burns on a five foot pile of bones in the western corner. A wealth of necromantic
knowledge is hidden in this clutter.

The door
to the Summoning Room is usually open. The door on the eastern wall is
magically sealed, and the door leading to the trophy room is blocked with a
heavy bar.

9 - WELCOME
MAT

The
southernmost 50'of this hallway feels less stable than anywhere else in this
old home. Slightly loose trigger stones are scattered every few feet and
pressing any one of them will open a 50' section of floor to a spike pit
containing a couple dozen rotting corpses. A few of the bodies look to be
moving around.

10 - DEADMAN'S
CORNER

Three
fully armored skeletons appear to have been thrown up against the wall in
this corner. Most of the bones in their upper body are cracked or lie
shattered on the floor. Close inspection and adequate light will also show
numerous scuffs upon the fine dwarven stone work on the same wall. Trigger
stones make up the first four feet of stones heading west. If pressed, the ceiling will open and a stone
battering ram will swing down at the wall. A screaming dwarven face is carved
stylistically on the front of the ram and does not seem to have suffered any
significant damage. Once the heavy ram bounces back toward the west a
mechanism automatically raises it back into position.

11 - HALLWAY

This
hall continues west until it turns north, the halls remain in the same dirty
state of the rest of the dungeon throughout. A door leads south into the
Summoning room before the hall continues and turns south down towards the
barracks. A keen eye will be able to see indications of use and trails into
the Summoning room but none beyond.

12 - SUMMONING
ROOM

The
western side of this room is filled with cages of assorted sizes containing
extra-planar creatures of assorted sizes. Each creature is magically bound
and unable to free itself. A small lab and shelves stand on the eastern wall.
A large summoning circle in blood fills the center of the room.

NEFIUS SOLINKA

Nefius
Solinka was born to a lesser nobleman's third favorite whore. Instead of
killing the child, as was the local custom, Nefius' father allowed the whore to
bear him, and then immediately sent it away to be raised at a boarding school.
This was a rather remarkable mercy for what would become a rather unremarkable
young man. Nefius never met, or cared to meet either of his parents as his most
defining trait is an arrogant apathy. The only above average thing Nefius can
do is immediately memorize almost anything. It's too bad he never acquired the
wit to make this skill dangerous for others.

After
being released from the school Nefius floated around the country before falling
in with a wicked necromancer named Zelos Hurrel. Zelos had a dozen apprentices
under his thumb and together they rained murder upon the countryside in order to
get an army of zombies. The goal was to take down some king or another but a rather
pesky gang of adventurers, constantly shouting "BBEG! BBEG!" foiled
it all. Nefius was able to run for three years before they caught up with him.
When they did he was camped near Stonefoot Manor, and as he scrambled up the mountainside
desperately seeking somewhere to hide luck was with him and he found the
entrance.

Nefius
discovered his new hiding place was filled with a number of ogres and ogre magi.
In a brilliant flash (for him) he managed to trick the heroes back into the
tunnels, where they and the ogres killed each other. It was a massive fight and
in the end only a half dead thief with a broken leg remained. Nefius summoned a
plague of vermin to overwhelm the thief, but due to his lackluster magical
talents it took several hours and numerous recastings of the spell to kill the
thief.